The two brightest nighttime stars available in the Butler sky are Sirius and Arcturus. April is the only month of the year we ...

Follow the arc of its handle to Arcturus, the fourth brightest star in the sky, shining with an orange hue in the Boötes constellation above the east. Next, locate Vega, a brilliant blue-white ...

We in North America call it the Big Dipper, but those in Great Britain know it as the Plough. Stargazers in Germany and Scandinavian countries recognize it as a wagon. Its “drinking gourd” shape even ...

We expect that [T Coronae Borealis] will erupt any night now, any month now,” Bradley Schaefer, a Louisiana State University ...

the "Northern Crown," between the constellations of Boötes and Hercules. The easiest way of finding Corona Borealis is by first locating some of the brightest stars in the summer night sky.

It’s stargazing turnover time! Nighttimes are shrinking, and you’re forced to wait longer into the evening to begin your ...

The second brightest star in the sky Canopus is the second brightest star in the sky. Its apparent magnitude is -0.72. It is located about 36° south of Sirius, within the constellation Carina. To ...

The “Blaze Star” is a rare nova that could produce an explosion visible with the naked eye in the next few nights, located about 3,000 light years from Earth and part of the ...

It’s stargazing turnover time! Nighttimes are shrinking in Butler, and you’re forced to wait longer into the evening to begin ...